The Burglar backdrop
The Burglar poster
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The Burglar
4.6
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1h 30m
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1987
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Released
Overview
With a brother dedicated to punk rock stardom at any cost and a drunken father who chases skirt between robotic dancing lessons from the TV, young Senka stands as much chance of nurture as the hero of Truffaut's 400 Blows. The amazing thing about Ogorodnikov's film is that it was made in Russia. Clearly, plenty of Soviet teenies share the nihilistic feelings of their Western counterparts, and the extensive footage of safety-pin chic at concerts perhaps points to a sound export instinct on the director's part. Senka's brother Kostya is under pressure from Howmuch, a very heavy rocker, to steal a synthesiser from the Community Centre, so to protect him Senka steals it himself. The story occupies little more space than the music, but the performances are splendid enough to lodge Senka's predicament in the heart.

Cast
Oleg Yelykomov poster
Oleg Yelykomov
Senka Laushkin
Konstantin Kinchev poster
Konstantin Kinchev
Kostya Laushkin
Yuriy Tsapnik poster
Yuriy Tsapnik
Yuri Laushkin
Svetlana Gaytan poster
Svetlana Gaytan
Sveta Ivanovna
Polina Petrenko poster
Polina Petrenko
Angelina
Oleg Garkusha poster
Oleg Garkusha
Oleg
Nikolay Dik poster
Nikolay Dik
musician
Leonid Fedorov poster
Leonid Fedorov
Andrei Panov poster
Andrei Panov
neighbour of Khokhmach
Pyotr Semak poster
Pyotr Semak
Khokhmach
Oleg Kovalov poster
Oleg Kovalov
Svetlana Bulynenkova poster
Svetlana Bulynenkova
Tatyana Sharkova poster
Tatyana Sharkova
Evert Sooster poster
Evert Sooster
Sergey Rogozhin poster
Sergey Rogozhin
Aleksandr Aksyonov poster
Aleksandr Aksyonov
Vadim Mikheyenko poster
Vadim Mikheyenko
Aleksandr Milyutin poster
Aleksandr Milyutin
Alexei Rakhov poster
Alexei Rakhov
Vladimir Presnyakov Jr. poster
Vladimir Presnyakov Jr.
breakdancer from tv

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